Category: artist

“Let’s talk about dead people” – Jesse Welles

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“It’s an à la carte buffet, man. The bigger you build it, the more people you’ll meet. What music industry? Make your own industry, your own factory. Your factory might just be your house in a subdivision in Arkansas. That’s my industry. I hired my cat. ” Jesse Welles, from Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers: Jesse Welles on creating your own music industry

photo of Jesse Welles by Joey Lusterman

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Flipside Musical Tide

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Rearview Mirror I’m grateful for music. Especially when the world is crazy! I haven’t experienced performing music on a regular basis since Summer 2021. I’ve been part of a few projects since coming back east, but nothing has stuck. Maybe my musical adventures are over, and maybe they aren’t. (The first time I retired from […]

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Quiet

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Maybe normal for me is trusting that creativity, love, kindness, radical authenticity, and self-care are imperative for a just and sustainable world.

image: getting to feeling better © holly troy 2025

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